Printed fabric and method of making same



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PRINTED FABRIC AND usmon 0! unique sun Filed se tl, 1, 1934 1N VENTORS 0M4 W IQ.

A TTORNE 5 Patentedeh 4, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE v 2,029,768 rnm'ran FABRIC METHOD orv MAKING SAME Duncan Ferguson, New Haven, Comm, and Herbert H. Schell, Garden City, N. Y., assignors to- Sidney Blumenthal & 00., Inc., New York, N. Y, a corporation of New York Application September 1,1934, Serial No. 742,386 '1 Claims. (01. 9147.9)

This invention relates toa printed fabric and method of making same, and more particularly to a pile fabric inwhich a semi-visible design appears on the front or face of the fabric but not on the pile thereof, the method including printing a design on the back of a pile fabric and subsequent coating of the back with a layer which will protect the printing and firmly embed the p e.

It has been known to the art how to backlapile fabric with a layer which will firmly embed thepile, and pile fabric has been printed upon its surface, but so far as we are aware no, process of making a semi-visible design on the face by printing upon the b'ack and subsequent coating of the back has before been known.

An object of our invention is to provide areinforced fabric printed on its back so that only.

a light design'shows through the pile face.-

'20 Anotherobject of our invention is to provide a reinforced pile fabric having a design on the ground fabric but not on the pile, so that no mat- I ter-how badly worn the pile may become, the design will remain unchanged. 5 Another object is to provide a reinforced pile fabric suitable for automobile upholstery and like uses having a peculiar semi-visible design 40 mg thereunder;

Fig. 2 represents tically a back view of a piece of the fabric; and

Fig. 3 represents diagrammatically a view of a piece of the fabric.

45 The roll by means'of.

is preferably a chromium plated copper roller which is engraved to a depth sufficient to insure 50 the penetration of the printing composition throughthe back of apile fabric but no furth in accordance with understood principles of texagent capable of 1 represents a front elevation of such a roll as may be used to apply the printing to the fabric, showing in section a piece of fabric passhich printing is applied to'the back of thefabric is designated I, and

portion designated by the numeral 2 and its pile portion designated by the numeral ,3.

As shown in Fig. 2, the fabric, after being printed, bears aclear-cut and distinct design-1 on its back or reverse surface, and this appear- 5 ance is not materially altered by the treatment of said surface with a binding coating of any usual character.

Viewed from the front or pile face, however, as

shown in -Fig. 3, the pile 3 partially obscures the 10 I designi, giving it a very attractive softness whichmay be described as semi-visibility".

In printing the design on the back of the fabric a suitable composition has been found to consist of mixed or pure pigments, and a binding 15 the pigment to the fibers of the fabric and'having a-resistance to water sufllcient to withstand the processes of scouring, dyeing, etc." This binding agent may be, for example, emulsified rubber, in either a vulcanized or unvulcanized state, or a solution of nitrocellulose, cellulose acetate or otherester, alginates, or other gums capable of being rendered insoluble,- or a varnish, or 'a combination -of the foregoing.

Immediately after printing'the fabric, it is subjected, without previous dry to a coating process with either a rubber solution or some other binder such as, for instance, nitrocelluloselacquer, cellulose'acetate, or other ester, or gum lacquer or vamish. The cloth is then thoroughly dried. Incase rubber has been used as the binding agent, it is at least partially vulcanized dur ing this drying operation. The product may then be scoured, dyed, printed on its face, and further processed without in- ,iury either to the design on the fabric or to the backing; and with a minimum loss of pile threads.

It will be understood that various changes 46 may be resorted to in the form and production of this fabric without departing-from the spirit and scope of our invention, hence we do not intend to be limited to: the details .herein shown and described except as they maybe included in the claims.

What we claimis: 1. The method of making a pile fabric, which includes, applying a design "to the-flat side by printing thereon, causing the printing composio tion to show through on the pile face of the back ing fabric withou aifectin'gthe projecting portions of the pile, coating said flat side with a binder. and drying the material. 7

2. The method of making a pile fabrlc which 5 includes,

applying a-design to the flat side by printing thereon with a composition including a coloring material and a binding material, causing .the printing composition to show through on the pile -i'ace oi the backing -iabric, without 1 affecting the projecting portions of the pile, coat- "ing said flat side with a binder, and vdrying the material.

3. The method of making a pile fabric which includes, applying a design to the flat side by printing thereon with a. composition including a' coloring material. and a binding material, causing the printing composition to show through onthe pile face 01' the backing fabric without a1'-.

feoting the projecting portions of the pile", coating' said flat side with a. binder, drying the mate Irish and applying another designto the pile.

4. A printed pile fabric having a design printed on its flat side and appearing less distinctly ed on its flat side and appearing less distinctly on the pile side, said design-being confined to the backing portion of the fabric without afiecting the projecting portions of the pile, and a binding coating intimately engaged with said fabric on its flat side. 4

7. A printed pile fabric having a semi-visible design printed on its backing portion and a different design ,on its pile portion.

DUNCAN FERGUSON. HERBERT H. 

